Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 116 130
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +53
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 25 22 23
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.34% 0.94% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.20% 3.92% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 15
10th Percentile £233 £450 £173
25th Percentile £313 £538 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £675
90th Percentile £660 £750 £693
London median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
London median hourly rate £22.15 £112.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -80.22% +220.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 481 561 635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.78% 23.91% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 334 387
10th Percentile £336 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £686
90th Percentile £730 £751 £800
London median daily rate £538 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.38% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £23.45 £23.10 £13.40
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £15.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +80.56% -58.26%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £54.84 - £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -26.85% +22.42%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +11 23 £510 -13.15% 42
Camden - 2 £400 - 6
West End of London - 1 £400 -
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) Azure
2 15 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (36.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (32.00%) Power Automate
4 8 (32.00%) PowerApps
5 4 (16.00%) ShareGate
6 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (12.00%) IaaS
6 3 (12.00%) PaaS
6 3 (12.00%) SaaS
7 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (4.00%) Azure Functions
8 1 (4.00%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (4.00%) GitHub
8 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
8 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) Internet
3 1 (4.00%) Intranet
3 1 (4.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (4.00%) Kerberos
3 1 (4.00%) LAN
3 1 (4.00%) Softphone
3 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.00%) French Language
5 1 (4.00%) International Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Analyst
1 7 (28.00%) Desktop Support
1 7 (28.00%) Senior
2 6 (24.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Desktop Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Desktop Support
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (8.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (4.00%) ADO
3 1 (4.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (4.00%) OAuth
3 1 (4.00%) OpenID
3 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) iPad
1 6 (24.00%) iPhone
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) BYOD
2 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Mac OS
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.00%) Linux
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS X
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) ITIL
2 8 (32.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (24.00%) Investment Management
4 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (12.00%) Change Management
6 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (12.00%) CRM
6 3 (12.00%) DevOps
7 2 (8.00%) AI
7 2 (8.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (8.00%) Data Governance
7 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (8.00%) Identity Management
7 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
8 1 (4.00%) Incident Management
8 1 (4.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) C#
3 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.00%) Bash
4 1 (4.00%) Bicep
4 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) MCSE
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) MCSA
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (8.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (8.00%) MCITP
4 2 (8.00%) MCP
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CCNA
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.00%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.00%) SCOM
4 1 (4.00%) Grafana
4 1 (4.00%) Istio
4 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.00%) Prometheus
4 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Citrix
2 2 (8.00%) HP
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Apple
3 1 (4.00%) Avaya
3 1 (4.00%) Blue Prism
3 1 (4.00%) Polycom
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) UiPath
3 1 (4.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Wyse